Acts of Devotion in Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Suitable for a Novena in honor of the Holy Eucharist
(e.g., for the feast of Corpus Christi or in honor of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus).
1. The Word was made Flesh and dwelt amongst us.
Eternal Word, made Man for love of us, humbly kneeling at
Thy feet we adore Thee with the deepest veneration of our souls; and in order that we may repair our ingratitude for this great benefit of Thy incarnation, we unite ourselves to the hearts of all those who love Thee, and together with them we offer Thee our humble, loving thanksgiving. Pierced by the excess of humility,
goodness, and sweetness which we behold in Thy divine Heart, we beseech Thee to
give us Thy grace, that in our lives we, too, may imitate these virtues so dear to
The.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.
2. He was crucified also for us; suffered under Pontius
Pilate, and was buried.
Jesus, our loving Saviour, kneeling humbly at Thy feet we
adore Thee With the deepest veneration of our souls; and, in order that we may
give Thee proof of the sorrow we feel at our insensibility to the outrages and sufferings which Thy loving Heart made Thee undergo for our salvation in Thy
painful Passion and death, we here unite ourselves with the hearts of all those who love Thee, and together with them we give thanks unto Thee with our whole
soul. We wonder at the boundless patience and generosity of Thy divine Heart;
and we entreat Thee to fill our hearts with such a spirit of Christian penance
as may enable us courageously to embrace suffering, and to make Thy cross our
great comfort and all our glory.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.
3. Thou didst give them Bread from heaven to eat,
containing in itself all sweetness.
Jesus, Who dost burn with love for us, humbly kneeling at
Thy feet we adore Thee with the deepest veneration of our souls; and, in order to
make Thee reparation for the outrages which Thy divine Heart daily receives in
the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar, we unite ourselves with the hearts of all
those who love Thee, and give Thee tenderest thanks. We love in Thy divine Heart
this Thy incomprehensible fire of love toward thy Eternal Father, and we entreat
Thee to inflame our hearts with ardent charity toward Thee and toward our
neighbor.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.
Lastly, O most loving
Jesus, we pray Thee, by the sweetness of Thy divine Heart, convert the sinner, console
the afflicted, help the dying, lighten the pains of the souls in purgatory. Make
all our hearts one in the bonds of true peace and charity, deliver us from
sudden and unforeseen death, and grant us a death holy and peaceful. Amen.
EJACULATION
V. Heart of Jesus burning with love of us
R. Inflame our hearts with
love of Thee.
Let us pray
Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that we who glory in
the most sacred Heart of Thy well-beloved Son, and call to mind the chief
benefits of His heavenly charity toward us, may be gladdened by the operation
and the fruit of those graces in our souls. Through the same Christ, etc.
O divine
Heart of my Jesus! I adore Thee with all the powers of my soul; I consecrate them
to Thee forever, together with all my thoughts, my words, my works, and my whole
self. I purpose to offer to Thee, as far as I am able, acts of adoration, love, and
glory, like unto those which Thou dost offer to Thine eternal Father. I beseech
Thee, be Thou the reparation for my transgressions, the protector of my life, my
refuge and asylum in the hour of my death. By Thy sighs, and by that sea of
bitterness in which Thou wast immersed for me throughout the whole course of
Thy mortal life, grant me true contrition for my sins, contempt of earthly things,
an ardent longing for the glory of heaven, trust in Thy infinite merits, and
final perseverance in Thy grace.
Heart of Jesus, all love! I offer Thee these
humble prayers for myself, and for all who unite with me in spirit to adore Thee;
vouchsafe, of Thy infinite goodness, to receive and to answer them, and especially
for that one of us who shall first end this mortal life. Sweet Heart of my
Saviour, pour down upon him, in the agony of death, Thine inward consolation;s
place him in Thy sacred wounds; cleanse him from every stain in that furnace of
love, that so Thou mayest open to him speedily the entrance into Thy glory, there
to intercede with Thee for all those who yet tarry in their land of exile.
Most
holy Heart of my most loving Jesus, I purpose to renew these acts of adoration
and these prayers for myself, miserable sinner that I am, as well as for all who
are associated with me to adore Thee, every moment while I live, down to the last
instant of my life. I recommend to Thee, my Jesus, the holy Church, Thy well-beloved Spouse, our own true Mother, the souls that undergo Thy justice, all poor
sinners, those who are in affliction, the dying, and all mankind - let not Thy blood
be shed in vain for them; and, last of all, vouchsafe to receive my poor prayers
for the relief of the souls in purgatory, and, above all, for those who in the course
of their life were wont devoutly to adore Thee.
Most loving heart of Mary, which,
among the hearts of all creatures of God, art at once the most pure, most
inflamed with love for Jesus, and most compassionate toward us poor sinners, gain
for us from the Heart of Jesus our Redeemer all the graces which we ask of thee.
Mother of mercies, one single throb, one beat of thy heart, all on fire with love
toward the Heart of Jesus, offered to Him by thee has power to console us to the
full. Only grant us this favor and the Heart of Jesus, out of that filial love it
had and will ever have for thee, will not fail to hear and answer us. Amen.
Indulgence of 300 days, once a day. ~ Blessed Pius IX, June 18, 1876. [from the Raccolta]
